Quietness
שְׁלִיStrong’s H7987sheli (she-li)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Sheli is the Hebrew word usually translated “quietness”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.”
Meaning
- Quiet, private, quietness
How it's translated
- in quietness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁלִי sheli · quietness
quiet, private, quietness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “quietness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
QUI'ETNESS, noun
- A state of rest; stillness.
- Calm; tranquility; as the quietness of the ocean or atmosphere.
- Freedom from agitation or emotion; calmness; coolness; as the quietness of the mind.
- Freedom from disturbance, disorder or commotion; peace; tranquility; as the quietness of a city or state.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.